How Bruins Patrice Bergeron and Tuukka Rask won their awards, and other thoughts

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Jun 25, 2014 at 12:23 PMJun 25, 2014 at 12:47 PM

The Bruins were big winners in Las Vegas on Tuesday night, and didn't even have to toss a quarter in a slot machine.

By Dan CagenDaily News staff

The Bruins were big winners in Las Vegas on Tuesday night, and didn't even have to toss a quarter in a slot machine.

For those of you who didn't put yourself through the torture of the actual show (although you did miss Cuba Gooding Jr., so correct that), Tuukka Rask took home his first Vezina Trophy and Patrice Bergeron added to his ever-growing trophy case -- trophy room at this point -- with his second Selke Trophy as well as the NHL Foundation Player Award for his community service work.

Here's a look at how the voting played out, with Bruins highlighted a few thoughts on each.

Hart Trophy

Pts. (1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th)

1. Sidney Crosby, PIT 1341 (128-8-1-0-0)

2. Ryan Getzlaf, ANA 877 (5-96-28-5-0)

3. Claude Giroux, PHI 435 (2-15-42-27-19)

4. Semyon Varlamov, COL 256 (1-8-23-22-9)

5. Patrice Bergeron, BOS 137 (0-4-9-17-13)

6. Tyler Seguin, DAL 84 (0-1-6-12-11)

7. Joe Pavelski, SJ 71 (0-0-3-11-23)

8. Anze Kopitar, LA 58 (0-0-4-9-11)

9. Jonathan Toews, CHI 53 (0-2-4-4-7)

10. Ben Bishop, TB 52 (0-0-5-6-9)

11. Tuukka Rask, BOS 35 (0-1-2-5-3)

12. Jamie Benn, DAL 35 (0-1-2-4-6)

13. Corey Perry, ANA 29 (0-0-3-4-2)

14. Carey Price, MTL 20 (1-0-1-0-5)

15. Duncan Keith, CHI 19 (0-0-1-3-5)

16. Gustav Nyquist, DET 13 (0-1-0-2-0)

17. Matt Duchene, COL 11 (0-0-1-1-3)

18. Alex Steen, STL 9 (0-0-1-1-1)

19. John Tavares, NYI 9 (0-0-1-1-1)

20. Patrick Sharp, CHI 7 (0-0-0-2-1)

21. Shea Weber, NSH 4 (0-0-0-1-1)

22. Joe Thornton, SJ 3 (0-0-0-0-3)

23. Jaromir Jagr, NJ 1 (0-0-0-0-1)

23. Patrick Marleau, SJ 1 (0-0-0-0-1)

23. Alex Ovechkin, WSH 1 (0-0-0-0-1)

23. Ryan Suter, MIN 1 (0-0-0-0-1)

- This was a no-brainer after Crosby won the scoring race by 17 points over Getzlaf. What's most remarkable is this is Crosby's first Hart since 2007, a drought lengthened by Crosby's concussion problems. What were the odds being given out seven years ago that it would take this long for Crosby to claim a second?

- Here's a case where the Vezina-winning goalie was dwarfed by his runner-up in the MVP ballot. It makes sense in this case that Semyon Varlamov was well ahead of Rask given that Varlamov led the league in shots against for a division-winning club.

- Bergeron's late offensive surge gave him tons of momentum for a top-five finish and the votes cast for him were well-deserved. Yet even in the Boston dressing room, there is some head-shaking that Chara did not merit a single vote. His teammates consider him their best player.

- Blatant example No. 12,342 of why all ballots need to be publicized: Carey Price received a first-place vote. Oy.

Vezina Trophy

Pts. 1st-2nd-3rd

1. Tuukka Rask, BOS 103 (16-6-5)

2. Semyon Varlamov, COL 90 (9-13-6)

3. Ben Bishop, TB 32 (1-6-9)

4. Carey Price, MTL 26 (2-3-7)

5. Jonathan Quick, LA 9 (1-1-1)

6. Henrik Lundqvist, NYR 5 (1-0-0)

7. Steve Mason, PHI 3 (0-1-0)

8. Sergei Bobrovsky, CBJ 1 (0-0-1)

8. Kari Lehtonen, DAL 1 (0-0-1)

- This is voted on by general managers, and it's another relatively easy choice, although Varlamov's heavy workload made it fairly close. Rask led the NHL in GAA, save percentage and shutouts among those with over 50 starts. He was even throughout the year, one in which the Bruins utilized multiple young defensemen.

- He only appeared in 45 games, but a little surprised Cory Schneider didn't get any votes after 1.97 GAA.

Norris Trophy

Pts. 1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th

1. Duncan Keith, CHI 1033 (68-35-17-7-2)

2. Zdeno Chara, BOS 667 (21-39-22-19-17)

3. Shea Weber, NSH 638 (26-23-29-19-15)

4. Ryan Suter, MIN 351 (9-12-20-22-11)

5. Alex Pietrangelo, STL 304 (3-13-18-25-18)

6. Drew Doughty, LA 284 (8-6-17-18-23)

7. Erik Karlsson, OTT 70 (0-5-3-4-8)

8. Ryan McDonagh, NYR 53 (0-1-4-5-11)

9. Victor Hedman, TB 42 (1-1-0-5-10)

10. Mark Giordano, CGY 36 (1-0-2-3-7)

11. Matt Niskanen, PIT 36 (0-1-2-5-4)

12. Marc-Edouard Vlasic, SJ 21 (0-1-0-3-5)

13. Niklas Kronwall, DET 10 (0-0-1-1-2)

14. O. Ekman-Larsson, PHX 6 (0-0-1-0-1)

14. P.K. Subban, MTL 6 (0-0-1-0-1)

16. Andrei Markov, MTL 3 (0-0-0-1-0)

17. Jay Bouwmeester, STL 1 (0-0-0-0-1)

17. Brent Seabrook, CHI 1 (0-0-0-0-1)

- For the third straight year, the best offensive candidate wins this one. Keith's 55 assists led all blue-liners, and the balloting wasn't really close. Keith did not play against the top competition on the Blackhawks. After Erik Karlsson and P.K. Subban the last two years, it's another peg in the argument for a separate 'best offensive defenseman' award.

- That being said, wise people can vote in very different ways. While 21 voters had Chara first, nearly as many (19) didn't vote for him at all.

- A little disappointing Mark Giordano finished 10th. He didn't deserve to win, but a higher finish would have been nice to see.

Calder Trophy

Pts. (1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th)

1. Nathan MacKinnon, COL 1347 (130-6-1-0-0)

2. Ondrej Palat, TB 791 (5-78-29-15-5)

3. Tyler Johnson, TB 352 (0-13-29-30-26)

4. Torey Krug, BOS 287 (1-9-23-25-24)

5. Olli Maatta, PIT 225 (0-11-18-16-10)

6. Jacob Trouba, WPG 213 (1-11-17-9-14)

7. Hampus Lindholm, ANA 208 (0-7-15-22-18)

8. Sean Monahan, CGY 38 (0-2-2-3-5)

9. Frederik Andersen, ANA 25 (0-0-0-4-13)

10. Chris Kreider, NYR 20 (0-0-1-3-6)

11. Seth Jones, NSH 15 (0-0-0-4-3)

12. Valeri Nichushkin, DAL 14 (0-0-0-3-5)

13. Nick Bjugstad, FLA 9 (0-0-1-1-1)

14. Tomas Hertl, SJ 8 (0-0-1-1-0)

15. Danny DeKeyser, DET 5 (0-0-0-1-2)

16. Aleksander Barkov, FLA 1 (0-0-0-0-1)

16. Boone Jenner, CBJ 1 (0-0-0-0-1)

16. Martin Jones, LA 1 (0-0-0-0-1)

16. Darcy Kuemper, MIN 1 (0-0-0-0-1)

16. Eddie Lack, VAN 1 (0-0-0-0-1)

- Another no-brainer for the writers. Hard to argue with any of the winners here, really.

- Torey Krug finishes fourth in the balloting. He could flip with Olli Maatta easily, but not a big deal.

- Again, who's giving Jacob Trouba a first-place vote?

Selke Trophy

Pts. (1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th)

1. Patrice Bergeron, BOS 1,283 (112-21-2-2-0)

2. Anze Kopitar, LA 840 (20-66-26-15-3)

3. Jonathan Toews, CHI 624 (2-36-57-20-7)

4. David Backes, STL 415 (3-5-31-59-18)

5. Marian Hossa, CHI 66 (0-5-2-2-15)

6. Ryan O'Reilly, COL 58 (0-0-3-10-13)

7. Tomas Plekanec, MTL 45 (0-0-4-5-10)

8. Joe Pavelski, SJ 32 (0-0-2-3-13)

9. Sean Couturier, PHI 30 (0-1-2-1-10)

10. Ryan Getzlaf, ANA 22 (0-1-1-2-4)

11. Ondrej Palat, TB 19 (0-0-1-3-5)

12. David Krejci, BOS 16 (0-0-2-1-3)

13. Pavel Datsyuk, DET 11 (0-1-0-1-1)

14. Antoine Vermette, PHX 11 (0-0-0-3-2)

15. Alex Steen, STL 9 (0-0-1-1-1)

16. Paul Stastny, COL 8 (0-1-0-0-1)

17. Frans Nielsen, NYI 8 (0-0-1-1-0)

18. Sidney Crosby, PIT 8 (0-0-0-2-2)

19. Tyler Johnson, TB 6 (0-0-1-0-1)

20. Brandon Dubinsky, CBJ 6 (0-0-0-2-0)

- This is for defensive honors, but no doubt that Bergeron's 30-goal season helped make this such a blowout. This has become the best two-way center award, and his offense exploded down the stretch. Pierre McGuire deserves a beer from the Bruins for campaigning for Bergeron on national TV as well.

- Nice to see Marian Hossa finish in the top five. He's been one of the best defensive forwards for his entire career, and if voters weren't obsessed with giving this to a center, he could actually win.

- David Krejci led the league at plus-39, and a 12th-place finish is a nice reward for committing to being a two-way player and having his best all-around season. Still, two third-place votes?

- This is voted by broadcasters, who didn't screw up by overlooking Roy, who won a division that included the Blackhawks and Blues.

- A fourth-place finish for Claude Julien seems appropriate. He won the Presidents' Trophy on the backs of established veterans, but also had to implement several newcomers and deal with a defensive core that often included three rookies and a 20-year-old.